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Indonesia : The Challenges of World Bank Involvement in Forests
Gautam, Madhur; Lele, Uma; Kartodihardjo, Hariadi; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
activities of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. A review of World Bank assistance to Indonesia in the …
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India : Alleviating Poverty through Forest Development
Kumar, Nalini; Saxena, Naresh; Alagh, Yoginder; Mitra, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
surveys the changing state of the forests in India. It explores causes of change in the extent and the quality of the forest …
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Brazil - Forests in the Balance : Challenges of Conservation with Development
Lele, Uma; Viana, Virgilio; Verissimo, Adalberto; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
nonlending activities of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. The World Bank has clearly diminished its …
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Surge in Solar-Powered Homes : Experience in Off-Grid Rural Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R.; Samad, Hussain A.; Sadeque, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in raising living standards and reducing poverty, particularly in previously lagging regions. Rapid solar home system (SHS) expansion in Bangladesh to some 3 million rural households by early 2014 has drawn the attention of donors and governments of other...
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Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015 : Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group; …
capital and the environment can create jobs and make development more inclusive and sustainable, while highlighting how social …
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The Design and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Incentives : An Economic Analysis
Meier, Peter; Vagliasindi, Maria; Imran, Mudassar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Rapid urbanization and economic growth, new demographic trends, and climate change are key challenges that developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011007169
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The Prototype Carbon Fund : Addressing Challenges of Globalization - An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank's Approach to Global Programs
Kelly, Lauren; Jordan, Jeffery - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Climate Change (UNFCCC). PCF seeks to show how project-based greenhouse gas emission reduction transactions can lower the cost …
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The Bank's Assistance to China's Energy Sector
Churchill, Anthony; Thum, Cordula - Economics Research, World Bank Group
China is the second largest energy consumer in the world and the largest producer and consumer of coal. Owing to its large coal resources, it is and will remain in the foreseeable future largely energy self-sufficient, although crude oil imports have steadily increased since 1993. In just 17...
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The World Bank and China's Environment 1993-2003
Varley, Robert C.G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group
a renewed Bank commitment to the environment, culminating in a new 2001 Bank environmental strategy. For the evaluation … period there were four policies against which environmental performance can be judged: mainstreaming the environment …; enforcing environmental safeguards; implementing a global agenda; and environmental stewardship. The environment and social …
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Reducing the Vulnerability of Georgia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options
Ahouissoussi, Nicolas; Neumann, James E.; Srivastava, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
In countries such as Georgia, the risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a particularly immediate and … livelihoods. The most effective plans for adapting the sector to climate change will involve both human capital and physical … study to identify and prioritize options for climate change adaptation of the agricultural sector, with explicit …
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